Patents - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Reference Manual

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Accu-Chek Compact Plus Meter
EP 732 590; EP 738 666; EP 742 436; EP 1 189 064; US 5,463,467;
US 5,720,924; US 5,863,800; US 6,707,554; US 6,475,436;
WO 2004/003549
Accu-Chek Softclix Plus Finger pricker
US 4,924,879; US-2004-0092996; US 2005-00908580; US Re. 35,803
Patent information
Roche has been granted patent protection in the USA for the Accu-Chek
Softclix Plus finger pricker and its use in combination with Accu-Chek
Softclix and Accu-Chek Softclix XL lancets (US Patents 4,924,879 and
Re. 35,803). Similar patent protection also exists in other countries,
especially through European Patents 0565970, 0782838 and Japanese
Patent 2702374. Your purchase entitles you to use your Accu-Chek Soft-
clix Plus finger pricker in combination with Accu-Chek Softclix and
Accu-Chek Softclix XL lancets. As required by statute, Roche will refrain
from pursuing its patent rights against private persons using the
Accu-Chek Softclix Plus finger pricker in combination with lancets from
other manufacturers for non-commercial purposes. Acquisition of the
Accu-Chek Softclix Plus finger pricker is not associated, other than
through the aforementioned statutory limitation on the effect of the pat-
ent, with any entitlement and in particular with any tacit permission for
the acquirer to use third-party lancets. Roche reserves the right to
assert its patent rights against any manufacturer offering lancets for the
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